Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 114

Chapter 114

RATH 114

TL: Eevee

12. Its not over til its over (12)

Hauuu!

The metal bats cute fist struck the princesss leg as she collapsed with a whimper.

Wha. sat?

Looking down at the imperial princess who couldnt even form coherent words, I lifted my right hand to my neck, unfurled my thumb and said.

Finish her.FiNd updates on

Slit.

The moment I gestured a throat-slit, the metal bats two fists began to hit the princesss body.

Huu! Wa, uuuht, eet!

The metal bat is equal to all except for me.

Aka. Everyone else is bat.(1)

Although I didnt feel like I could go up against some soleYu Ilhanbeing that would become the god of concealment, with the possible exception of a god, Im probably the only being in the world that is unaffected by the metal bat.

Well, considering how it works against gods of other worlds as well, itd probably work against gods of this world too.

Ahhh sttt!

Despite the tears in her eyes, the way she was looking at me instead of the metal bat gave me the shivers.

Even Sia had focused on the hand with the metal bat instead of my face when she was hit by it.

And yet despite her screaming and crawling on the ground, the imperial princess was looking only at me.

Then again, shed done this before as well.

Unlike her normal carefree way she carried herself, shed had a sense of desperation about her.

Because of that, to get her to let her guard down I threw my only weapon, the metal bat.

The plan to then have the metal bat use its remaining mana to transform itself to its human form and finish her off was successful.

Uwuuuu why uuuht do you reject me

As I watched her eyes lose focus, I sighed.

Because its troublesome.

Would the fallen princess have heard my answer?

Well, not like it would change even if she had.

I weckon that unnid just thwow away her pwincess title or whatever and just follow owner?

So does that not make her a princess?

Innt she not if she quits?

No.

Even if she abandons her title to follow me, that does not stop her from being a princess.

More accurately, even if she isnt a princess, the problem is that shes a (former) princess.

Theres a reason why former heroes disappear with none the wiser.

There are cases where heroes who became too famous and fled to live quiet lives, or those with a grudge from their active hero days tracked them down to give them even harder lives than when they were active.

How does owner know that?

Its something we did frequently in the organization after all.

For the record, the majority of evil organisations pay back grudges immediately, but as the greatest evil organization in the empire, Howlings track record or paying back grudges was impressive indeed.

If theyd gotten done in by other organizations, they either burned the corpses or sold it to places that researched black magic.

And if they were alive, they didnt skimp on resources to do their absolute best to kill them.

The ones that werent some posing fakers, but genuine active heroes, the majority of them had relations with at least one royal family and countless other nobles as well.

But if they quit being heroes?

The majority of those relationships disappeared, and only a few very close people were left.

Since they no longer had any comrades their combat power was reduced, and the country didnt kick up a fuss even if they died so the aftermath was easier to deal with as well.

And normal civilians were more interested in the exploits of active heroes rather than the death of a former hero so they were more easily forgotten as well.

So like the aformentioned examples, the princess forfeits her title of princess to marry me?

Sure its easier to make the relationship work because shes no longer royalty, but would the nobility leave alone a former princess, with ties to the imperial family?

Moreover, the moment she and I had children, that would be the creation of offspring with a bloodline thick enough to contest the throne, would the Crown Prince really just watch and let it happen?

And the countless soldiers of enemy countries that were curbstomped by us?

And th most impowtant thing is that owners the one caught in the middle?

Of course.

And there was me, caught in the middle.

Kah, I could only imagine a bleaker future than a hero that diligently did hero things.

To the point dealing with assassinations and poisons would be easier to deal with.

Therefore, this is where our relationship ends in this life.

Well, I had a scary feeling that if its this princess she would kill herself and chase me again after she reincarnated, which was why I only said this when she was unconscious.

Now then, lets run.

But can ya deal wif it? I gots a feewing that theres probabwy an army waiting outside for us?

But if we stay here, we either get reviving swordsmasters or Sir Reia coming down the same route I did which screws us over either way.

No one had come down the pole I used yet, but there were no guarantees that this state would continue.

And if its an escape route, I still have one left!

Really?

Of course. But how much mana do you have left?

Id only been told just now that although the armour transformation was impossible, the metal bat had enough mana left to transform into its human form, but I didnt know if it had any more mana left.

For my escape it needs at least enough mana to change shape.

Hm well around three more transformations worth.

Well, if its that much

I picked up the sword the imperial princess dropped and started drawing on the ground.

I jumped around in joy, then when a single tear escaped my eye I sat back down on the ground.

Sniff its over its all over now. The night study is over

Aris

Siir, whod been my roommate, hugged me from behind.

Siir no more night study now

Mm

Sniff now the devil wont hit me anymore too?

There, there. You worked hard.

The silver devil had done its best to be able to hit me especially.

How many times had I gotten hit by it on the grounds that hitting me once had the same feeling as hitting someone else twice?

Over hrgh waahhhhhh

In the end, as I burst into tears in Siirs embrace, I tasted true happiness.

#15 Their story: the anti-empire armys last.

Kgh

It felt like all the blood in my body was travelling the wrong way.

Having been toyed with in the hands of that foul emperor, the majority of us had fallen trying to defend against that merciless attack.

I had also fainted, but thanks to my loyal subordinates, I just managed to escape the empires evil hands.

Although it was futile

We lost.

We had completely lost against that foul emperor.

Whlie I was unconscious, the other executives moved the injured to our main base, but it had already been long taken by the imperial army.

And that resulted in a massacre.

Having already used the majority of our combat power in blocking that bombardment, the majority of us either lost our lives or were captured by their indiscriminate blades.

Very well, I admit defeat.

Humiliatingly, after we hijacked the broadcast, they continued to broadcast the live coverage of the students match.

So that was how it was.

The anti-empire army expended their all, yet the core of the plan, the students, didnt even bother to evacuate the castle, and continued with the festival event.

We admitted defeat.

But, ignoring our final ember ignoring our very last spark

We will never allow that, emperor!

My magic power exploded outwards.

The emperor was moving personally for the awards ceremony of the imperial festival.

And as for that emperor

Die!

At my words, every single remaining member of the anti-empire army all charged at the emperor.

But.

Whats this?

At a single swing of the indifferent emperors blade.

What happ

At the same time I felt something brush past me, I felt my upper body fly into the air.

I see.

And when my body hit the ground, I realised I was dead.

#16 Their story: A certain emperors story.

The heck are these things?

When I muttered so as I sheathed my sword.

Those things are the anti-empire army, Your Majesty.

My old friend and currently my bodyguard, who took care of my work in the imperial court so well that without him I would have no semblance of a private life, Arten, whispered as he bowed his head.

Anti-empire army? Why? Is this some new form of suicide?

The moment I heard that my daughter had returned to the palace and that she had lost that man Ast again, I scrambled to get over here for the students awards ceremony as quickly as possible.

Normally this job would be my boy the Crown Princes job, but judging by the atmosphere around my little girl I thought I should get out of the palace as fast as possible, so I sacrificed the Crown Prince to escape.

I ditched the Crown Prince who was begging me to let him do his job and ran out.

Eh, so what. Rank rules.

If he has a problem, then he should resent that hes the Crown Prince and not the Emperor.

Ah, now that I think about it there were numerous cases related to the anti-empire army during the students matches.

Really?

Well, the anti-empire army tends to pop up everywhere.

Odds were that they went into the students playground to do something, failed, and blamed me for it.

Theyre still just small fry, arent they?

Its a specialty of the anti-empire army that the important people dont show themselves.

The branches move, but the roots hide and never show themselves.

I suppose so.

As Arten nodded, I ordered someone to come clean this mess up and calm the civilians, and moved on to very slowly present the students with their awards.

Slowly very slowly my daughter was scary today and I didnt want to go back to the palace, so I completed all my tasks as slowly as possible,

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

You even eradicated the anti-empire army!

Uwiing?

Once I finished all my tasks and returned to the palace, I heard the news that the anti-empire army had been completely annihilated.

Whats this?